Name: Tanaka Ai
Age: 13
Gender: Male
General Description: Tall for his age, Ai tends to stand out. With his mop of unkempt brown hair hanging over his vigilant brown gaze, he tends to make people uncomfortable. This isn’t helped by his natural social awkwardness or his hard learned distrust of people, especially strangers. He hopes that the academy will not only teach him the ways of the shinobi, like his brothers and father before him, but the ways of community as well.
History: Growing up was not a fun experience for Ai. The youngest of 5 brothers, he was constantly the butt of every joke, and the target for every prank. His height and his… frail physique served as infinite fuel in his brothers’ arsenal, while his father, a widower and a well-recognized shinobi of the Medical division, was always too preoccupied with the burdens of a single parent to discipline or even raise his children. This left the running of the house to Ai’s oldest brother, Tama, who seemed to love making Ai’s life as intolerable as possible. Over 13 years of unrelenting abuse, Ai distanced himself further and further from interaction with people, preferring instead the quiet solace of his own thoughts. This distance, once considered a safety mechanism, was now the cause of a very different turmoil for Ai as the day finally came for his academic introduction. How will he learn if he can’t speak to raise a question? How will he ask for help if his pride won’t allow it?
Age: 13
Gender: Male
General Description: Tall for his age, Ai tends to stand out. With his mop of unkempt brown hair hanging over his vigilant brown gaze, he tends to make people uncomfortable. This isn’t helped by his natural social awkwardness or his hard learned distrust of people, especially strangers. He hopes that the academy will not only teach him the ways of the shinobi, like his brothers and father before him, but the ways of community as well.
History: Growing up was not a fun experience for Ai. The youngest of 5 brothers, he was constantly the butt of every joke, and the target for every prank. His height and his… frail physique served as infinite fuel in his brothers’ arsenal, while his father, a widower and a well-recognized shinobi of the Medical division, was always too preoccupied with the burdens of a single parent to discipline or even raise his children. This left the running of the house to Ai’s oldest brother, Tama, who seemed to love making Ai’s life as intolerable as possible. Over 13 years of unrelenting abuse, Ai distanced himself further and further from interaction with people, preferring instead the quiet solace of his own thoughts. This distance, once considered a safety mechanism, was now the cause of a very different turmoil for Ai as the day finally came for his academic introduction. How will he learn if he can’t speak to raise a question? How will he ask for help if his pride won’t allow it?
